S.Amdt. 5445
What it does: Adds SEC. 815. ENHANCEMENT OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTY METALS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY at the end of subtitle B of title VIII
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 815. ENHANCEMENT OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTY METALS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY at the end of subtitle B of title VIII
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Report.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit a report on the plan required under subsection (a), including an assessment of progress made in implementing requirements to incorporate energy efficiency requirements into key performance parameters for fuel consuming systems of the Department of Defense, as part of the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter for five years (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code).
Inserted: SEC. 815. ENHANCEMENT OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTY METALS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
Inserted: (a) Inclusion of High Performance Magnets Among Specialty Metals.--Subsection (l) of section 2533b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Inserted: "(5) High performance magnets.".
Inserted: (b) Definitions.--Subsection (m) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
Inserted: "(11) The term 'produced', in the case of a specialty metal or high performance magnet, means melting, gas atomization, sputtering, or consolidation from powder using non-melt technology in the United States. The term does not include a rolling or finishing process such as quenching and tempering of armor plate.
Inserted: "(12) The term 'high performance magnet' means a permanent magnet containing 10 or more percent by weight of cobalt, samarium, or nickel.".
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5445. Mr. BAYH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 815. ENHANCEMENT OF BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIALTY METALS CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
(a) Inclusion of High Performance Magnets Among Specialty Metals.--Subsection (l) of section 2533b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(5) High performance magnets.”.
(b) Definitions.--Subsection (m) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
“(11) The term ‘produced', in the case of a specialty metal or high performance magnet, means melting, gas atomization, sputtering, or consolidation from powder using non-melt technology in the United States. The term does not include a rolling or finishing process such as quenching and tempering of armor plate.
“(12) The term ‘high performance magnet' means a permanent magnet containing 10 or more percent by weight of cobalt, samarium, or nickel.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 10, 2008